The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2

Episode aired Sep 22, 1990
TV-PG
45m

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9.2/10

5.6K

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Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Space Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.

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IMDb RATING

9.2/10

5.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Prior to filming, LeVar Burton had surgery and his scenes were carefully filmed after the majority of production was concluded; this is why he only appears in close-ups and not in shots with any of the other main characters. Most of Geordi LaForge's lines were given to Colm Meaney's Mr. O'Brien.

Goofs
We see the Borg ship approaching Saturn from the side of the planet illuminated by the sun. This would mean the Borg are actually moving away from Earth rather than toward it.

Quotes
Guinan: Did he ever tell you why we're so close?
Captain William T. Riker: No.
Guinan: Oh... Then let me just say that... our relationship is beyond friendship, beyond family. And I *will* let him go. And you must do the same. There can only be one Captain.
Captain William T. Riker: It's not that simple. This was his crew. He wrote the book on this ship.
Guinan: If the Borg know everything he knows, it's time to throw that book away. You *must* let him go, Riker. It's the only way to beat him. The only way to save him.

Alternate versions
In a 2013 Blu-ray release, this episode and the previous, The Best of Both Worlds Part 1 (1990), were edited together into one, feature-length movie. This version is 86 minutes long and was re-released as part of the 2019 Star Trek: Picard Movie & TV Collection Blu-ray release.

Connections
Edited from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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The Borg continued!

ST:TNG:75 - "The Best Of Both Worlds, Part II" (Stardate: 44001.4) - this is the 1st episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The Borg are back! The last time they were encountered was 7000 light years away in the 2nd season episode "Q Who?", with Starfleet thinking they'd have more time to prepare. Continuing off from part I (in the first cliffhanger episode in TNG), the Enterprise, under a newly promoted Commander Riker with Shelby as his Number One, tries to rescue Picard who has been assimilated by the Borg, Picard now renamed Locutus.

Can the Enterprise rescue Picard from the Borg, with Riker working together rather than against Shelby, thereby saving the Federation from its most dangerous threat? Watch this part II of an exciting two part episode - it is the cliffhanger that you were waiting for and conclusive evidence that The Next Generation can indeed hold its own (from under the shadow of the Original Series).

Trivia note: Although the battle at Worf 359 is only mentioned here, we will get a chance to see it in the Deep Space Nine pilot episode "Emissary". Also the Enterprise separates again in one of the few times of the series. And Whoopi Goldberg makes another appearance as Guinan.